Chris Bertram
| Associate Professor C.D. Bertram Biofluid Mechanics Laboratory Willis Annexe (building J18) Faculty of Engineering |
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| email: | c.bertram@unsw.edu.au |
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| fax: | +61-2-9663-1222 |
| phone: | +61-2-9385-3928 |
| mail: | Associate Professor C.D. Bertram c/o School of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering University of New South Wales Sydney, Australia 2052 |
Qualifications:
B.A. (Hons) in Engineering Science, Oxford University, 1971
D.Phil. in Cardiovascular Mechanics, Oxford University, 1975
M.A. in Engineering Science, Oxford University, 1977
Employment:
Johns Hopkins University, Postdoctoral Fellow, 1975-1976, Research Assistant, 1976-1977.
Cambridge University, Research Associate, 1977-1980.
University of New South Wales, Lecturer, 1980-1985. Senior Lecturer, 1985-1990. Associate Professor, 1991 -
Visiting Appointments:
Cambridge University, SERC Visiting Fellow, Dec. 1986 - Aug. 1987
Universite Paris Val-de-Marne, Visiting Scholar, May - Jul. 1987
Mathematics Institute, University of Warwick, Jan. 1991
Georgia Institute of Technology, Adjunct Faculty, Mar. - Jun. 1992
Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Invited Professor, May - Jun. 1994
Thermo-Fluids Engineering Research Centre, City University, London, Nov. - Dec. 1994
Dept. of Mech. Eng., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Apr. - May 1998
University of Illinois at Chicago, and Argonne National Laboratory, May - Jun. 1998
Albert-Ludwigs-Universitat, Freiburg, Germany, Apr. - Jun. 2001
Dept. of Bioengineering, University of California at San Diego, Nov. - Dec. 2001
Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University, Nov. - Dec. 2008
Professional Societies:
Fellow of the Institution of Engineers, Australia
Teaching Areas:
Medical Instrumentation, Medical Imaging, Biomechanics, Dynamics of the Cardiovascular System, Physiological Fluid Mechanics, Biological Signal Analysis, Biomedical Practical Measurement
Research Interests:
Instrumentation
Ultrasound:
Transit-time distance measurement and FM-CW pulse-echo. Volume flow
measurement by transit-time ultrasonics and by electro-magnetic
induction. Area measurement by single-turn transformer secondary and by
conductimetric catheter. Cardiac right ventricular volume measurement
by conductimetry.
Vascular Dynamics
Pulse wave propagation and dissipation. Vascular visco-elasticity.
Flow in Collapsed Tubes
Basic mechanics of self-excited oscillation. Applications to sphygmomanometry and microfiltration.
Nonlinear Dynamics
Analysis of aperiodic time series. Application to experimental systems. Separating noise and chaos.
Cardiac Assist
Laser
velocimetry and numerical modelling of flow in ventricular assist
devices. Muscle-powered pumping. Fluid-structure interactions.
Cerebrospinal Fluid Mechanics
Aetiology of syringomyelia.
Selected Publications:
Loth, F., Fischer, P.F., Arslan, N., Bertram, C.D., Lee, S.E., Royston, T.J., Song, R.-H., Shaalan, W.E. and Bassiouny, H.S. (2003) Transitional flow at the venous anastomosis of an arteriovenous graft: potential activation of the ERK1/2 mechanotransduction pathway. ASME J. Biomech. Eng. 125(1), 49-61.
Bertram, C.D. (2004) Flow phenomena in floppy tubes (review). Contemporary Phys. 45(1), 45-60.
Bertram, C.D. and Nugent, A.H. (2005) The flow field downstream of an oscillating collapsed tube. ASME J. Biomech. Eng. 127(1), 39-45.
Bertram, C.D. (2005) Measurement for implantable rotary blood pumps (review). Physiol. Meas. 26, R99-R117.
Bertram, C.D., Brodbelt A.R. and Stoodley, M.A. (2005) The origins of syringomyelia: numerical models of fluid/structure interactions in the spinal cord. ASME J. Biomech. Eng. 127(7), 1099–1109.
Bertram, C.D. and Gaver, D.P. iii (2005) Position paper: biofluid mechanics of the pulmonary system. Annals Biomed. Engng. 33(12), 1681-1688.
Bertram, C.D. and Tscherry, J. (2006) The onset of flow-rate limitation and flow-induced oscillations in collapsible tubes. J. Fluids & Structures 22(8), 1029-1045.
Wang, W., Bertram, C.D. and Wiley, D.E. (2007) Effects of collapsible-tube-induced pulsation vigour on membrane filtration performance. J. Membrane Sci. 288, 298-306.
Bertram, C.D.(2008) Flow-induced oscillation of collapsed tubes and airway structures. Respir. Physiol. & Neurobiol. (review, publ. on-line 26.4.2008), DOI 10.1016/j.resp.2008.04.011.
Professional Interests:
Editorial Board, Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing
Associate Editor, Journal of Fluids and Structures
Elected member of the World Council of Biomechanics
Scientific organizing committee, 5th World Congress of Biomechanics, Munich, Germany, 29 July - 4 August 2006.
International program committee, IASTED Int'l. Conf. on Biomedical Engineering (BioMed 2008), Innsbruck, Austria, 13-15 February 2008.
International program committee, International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies (BIOSTEC 2009), Porto, Portugal, 14–17 January 2009.